Who have been down this road many times. Criminal investigations are designed to find out if a crime was committed and hold somebody responsible. Congress has a broader mandate, were not prosecutors, but our goal is to shed light on information that may be highly significant but not necessarily criminal. Adjust policy as needed, change laws when appropriate. But in a particular circumstance, find out what happened, not as a prosecutor but as a policymaker. Mr. Rosenburg said in the absence of a constitutional privilege or selfimposed statutory restriction upon its authority, congress and its committees have a virtual pliniary power needed to discharge legislative functions. I think its true but its bounded by the respect for the criminal process. So were trying to find out where that boundary exists, how to navigate this problem, and proceed in an orderly manner so we do not get in the way of mr. Muller, but we discharge our duties to the public at large. After i cut my phone off, ill
Registration systems, even some election officials. We knew about some of this before the election in states you may remember, we reported this in arizona and illinois and florida. But this gives more details about that. The nsa has been looking into this and found more information, and they compiled a report to say heres where we saw attempts at penetration of these voting systems, registration systems, et cetera. It gives them more information, but it does not change their assessment that you remember from january, anderson, that said while they did steal emails, et cetera, they did an influence operation, the russians were not able and did not attempt it appears to change vote counts during the election. In terms of the person accused of leaking the document, what else do we know other than her name, which apparently is reality winner. Reporter thats right, and were seeing the first photographs of her. Cnn has spoken to her mother. Shes a 20 something contractor, working for the nsa
Report in which a u. S. Person was referred to. Name not provided. Just u. S. Person. And sometimes in that context, in order to understand the importance of the report, and assess its significance, it was necessary to find out or request the information as to who that u. S. Official was. Dana knows words standing in opposition to her answer on the unmasking issue just two weeks ago after house intelligence chairman devin nunes announced the Trump Transition Team members had been exposed. I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from chairman nunes on that count. I really dont know to what chairman nunes was referring, but he said whatever he was referring to was a legal, lawful, surveillance, and that it was potentially incidental collection on american citizens. Dana Charles Krauthammer is here to weigh in on tonights developments in just mommys. First we turn to chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with the latest tonight from washington. Catherine .
When i would receive a report in which a u. S. Person was referred to. Name not provided. Just u. S. Person. And sometimes in that context, in order to understand the importance of the report, and assess its significance, it was necessary to find out or request the information as to who that u. S. Official was. Dana knows words standing in opposition to her answer on the unmasking issue just two weeks ago after house intelligence chairman devin nunes announced the Trump Transition Team members had been exposed. I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from chairman nunes on that count. I really dont know to what chairman nunes was referring, but he said whatever he was referring to was a legal, lawful, surveillance, and that it was potentially incidental collection on american citizens. Dana Charles Krauthammer is here to weigh in on tonights developments in just mommys. First we turn to chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with the latest tonight from w
What it does, and this is a classified report, dated just a few weeks ago, may, 2017. It gives more details of russian probing attacks of Voter Registration systems, even some election officials. We knew about some of this before the election in states you may remember. We reported this in arizona, in illinois, in florida. But this gives more details about that. The nsa has been looking into this. They found more information, and they compiled a report to say, heres where we saw attempts at penetration, rather, of these voting systems, registration systems, et cetera. Gives them more information, but it does not change their assessment that youll remember from january, anderson, that said that while they did steal emails, et cetera, they did an influence operation. The russians were not able and did not attempt, it appears, to change vote counts during the election. And in terms of the person accused of leaking the document, what else do we know, other than her name, which is apparentl